Blogging About Thinking

The thinking is...: Math-magical thinking

The post and linked website are cool. More importantly, I just found out about this blog by Mark Hannington. Bruce posted the link.

"Learning is something that happens when you're doing something else."

Educational Games  Annotated

Quote: You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! Students, teachers and non-professionals of all ages will enjoy testing and building their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics. So, go ahead, Explore and Learn!

Watson'sComment: In our technology meeting yesterday, we talked a little about gaming in education. I game across this link on Academic Commons.

 

XPlane

XPLANE | The visual thinking company

I ran across this link on Karl Fisch's blog (found him through 1001 Flat World Project). After attending an Apple digital storytelling workshop, this site really stoked my interest.

 

Long, Strange Trip...Not Really With Google Earth

GoogleLit Trips

Quote:

A Different Way to Read Great Literature!This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world.

My annotation:

I've spent my spring break away from my laptop. And I'm back with a renewed sense of balancing use of technology and authentic inquiry and thinking. Judy forwarded this example of using Google Earth in English class. A few weeks ago, my class tried using it to explore the Congo as we read The Poisonwood Bible.